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Body Membranes of the Integumentary System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A sheet of tissue that works to protect a structure, cover a surface, or line a cavity is called a ________.

a)

Film

b)

Membrane

c)

Coating

d)

Diaphragm

2.

Which of the following membranes is not made up of epithelial tissue?

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

3.

Which of the following membranes is your body's outer covering?

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

4.

Which of the following membranes covers your vital organs within the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

5.

Which of the following membranes in your body is composed of wet, sticky tissue.

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

6.

Which of the following membranes in your body lines open cavities that are exposed to the outside world?

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

7.

Which of the following membranes in your body is made up of keratinized, stratified squamous tissue?

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

8.

This body membrane has goblet cells that produce a wet, sticky substance used to trap debris and dust particles.

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

9.

When you get a paper cut on your finger, which membrane is damaged?

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

10.

Which serous membrane works to surround and protect your heart?

a)

Pericardium

b)

Pleura

c)

Peritoneum

11.

This membrane is found wrapped around your digestive structures, functioning to protect and anchor the organs in place.

a)

Pericardium

b)

Pleura

c)

Peritoneum

12.

Which of the following serous membranes surrounds and protects your left lung?

a)

Pericardium

b)

Pleura

c)

Peritoneum

13.

Which of the following is the inner serous lining that protects and wraps directly onto the heart?

a)

Visceral Pericardium

b)

Visceral Peritoneum

c)

Visceral Pleura

d)

Parietal Pericardium

e)

Parietal Peritoneum

14.

Which of the following is the inner serous lining that protects and wraps directly onto the lungs?

a)

Visceral Pericardium

b)

Visceral Peritoneum

c)

Visceral Pleura

d)

Parietal Pericardium

e)

Parietal Peritoneum

15.

Which membrane is the outer serous lining that protects and anchors the stomach and small intestines in their place within the abdominopelvic cavity?

a)

Visceral Pericardium

b)

Visceral Peritoneum

c)

Visceral Pleura

d)

Parietal Pericardium

e)

Parietal Peritoneum

16.

Which membrane acts as the outer serous membrane surrounding the heart and helping to anchor and hold it in the thoracic cavity?

a)

Visceral Pericardium

b)

Visceral Peritoneum

c)

Visceral Pleura

d)

Parietal Pericardium

e)

Parietal Peritoneum

17.

Which body membrane is found at movable joints like the shoulder, hip and knee, and works to protect the area where two bones come together?

a)

Cutaneous Membrane

b)

Mucous Membrane

c)

Serous Membrane

d)

Synovial Membrane

18.

How many layers of the skin are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

19.

Which layer of the skin is composed of adipose tissue and fibers?

a)

Epidermis

b)

Dermis

c)

Hypodermis (Subcutaneous Area)

20.

This skin layer helps to make up your cutaneous membrane.

a)

Epidermis

b)

Dermis

c)

Hypodermis (Subcutaneous Area)